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Chapter 2: the body Flashcards

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ambi-, ambo-

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both

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apo-

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away from

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contra-

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Opposite, against

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ecto-, etc-

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Outside, outer

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endo-, end-

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Inside, inner

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inter-

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Between

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intra-

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Within

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meso-

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Middle

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sub-

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Below, underneath

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super-

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Upper, above, beyond

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trans-

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Across, through

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-ad

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Toward

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-an

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Pertaining to

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-ial

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Pertaining to

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ion

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Action, condition, act of

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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-ous

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Pertaining to, like, full of, having

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-tic

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Pertaining to

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-verse

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To turn, to travel, turn

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VENTR

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Front, abdomen, belly

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DORS

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Back

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ANTER

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Front, before

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POSTER

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Back, behind

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FRONT

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Front, forehead

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LATER

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side

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MEDI

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Middle, midline

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MES

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Middle, midline

Combining vowel ‘i’

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CENTR

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Center, mid-point

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DEXTR

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Right, right-handed

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SINISTR

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Left, left-handed

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LAEV, LEV

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Left/left handed

Combining vowel ‘o’

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SUPER

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Above/in the top part of

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INFER

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Below/in the bottom part of

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CEPHAL

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Head

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CAUD

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Tail (tailbone or coccyx in humans)

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PROXIM

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Near to/near a point of attachment/near the beginning of a structure

Often used about limbs and bones

Near to the trunk of the body

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DIST

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Away from/away from a point of attachment/away from the beginning of a structure

Often used about limbs and bones

Away from the trunk of the body

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INTERN

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Inside

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EXTERN

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Outside

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FACI

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Face/surface

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FICI

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Face/surface

Only used in the middle of a term

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PARIET

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Wall (usually of a body cavity)

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AX

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Axis/central line

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VERS, VERT

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Travel/turn

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CORON

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crown/like a crown

Anything that is coronary encircles something else

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SAGITT

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Arrow

If you were shot by an arrow front to back

Sagittal: pertaining to the direction front to back

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MORPH

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Form/shape

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DERM, DERMAT

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Skin/layer

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